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February 13, 2016 - ד' אדר, תשע"ו - Vol: 3 Issue: 16

פרשה: תרומה - הפטרה: : וה׳ נתן חכמה לשלמה... )מלכים א׳ ה:כו-ו:יג(משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה! דף יומי: גיטין ס״ב

מצות עשה: 2 מצות לא תעשה: 1

ית ים )שמות כו:טו(.… ועש ים עמד ט שכן עצי ש ים למ הקרש You shall make the planks of the שכן ים of מ ט ,wood [acacia] שstanding erect. "י ים tells us that the רש ט had been set aside from much עצי שearlier. Originally they had been planted by ינו .באר שבע in אברהם אבWhen יעקב was going down to ם צרי to באר שבע he first went to ,מuproot the trees, and then took them with him to ם צרי where he ,מreplanted them. Prior to his death, he gave specific instructions to his children to take them along with them when they would leave Egypt. שראל would one day command ד׳ שכן to erect a כלל י Tabernacle, in ,מthe desert specifically from ים ט and these trees would serve that ,עצי שpurpose. Why did he take אברהם's trees, uproot them, and transport them to ם צרי ם He could have simply planted trees in ?מ צרי upon מarriving there. Some explain that the שכן needed to be built from מ"scratch" with קדשה, holiness, and טהרה, purity. ינו was acutely יעקב אבaware that באר שבע was the place where ינו בשם called out אברהם אב Patriarchs, considered ,אבות It was the place the .ד׳ in the name of ,ד׳the center of קדשה. The שכן needed to be built from the highest level מof purity possible. This could only be found in trees that had grown originally in שראל ינו planted by ארץ י .באר שבע in קדשה with אברהם אב R' Yaakov Kamenetsky זצ"ל offers a unique and interesting explanation. יעקב understood that unless his descendants would have something tangible in which to believe, they might easily give up hope of ever leaving ם צרי שראל .מ needed to have a daily remembrance כלל י

of ד׳’s promise to אברהם that they would one day be able to leave this bitter exile. שראל ים would see the כלל י ט אברהם from the trees עצי שינו planted every day, serving as a constant reminder that they אבwould one day be redeemed. These special trees were most beloved by ד׳. They had the highest level of spiritual and physical beauty and therefore were used as the foundation for the שכן .מ Similarly, ד׳ chose the copper mirrors that the Jewish women in Egypt had used to be melted and made into the יור .water basin ,כThe יור ים was used to wash the hands and feet of the כ as they כהנprepared to enter the מקום קדוש of the שכן Both the foundation of .מthe שכן .קדשה and the preparation to enter it needed extra levels of מ The יעא פה:) גמרא ייא relates that (בבא מצ would plant ר׳ חflax seeds, using the grown flax to weave a net to trap deer. He would feed the deer meat to orphans and use the skin to write תורה scrolls. ר׳ייא would select five children and teach each of them a section of the חwritten תורה and then select another six children and teach each of them a section of the oral שנה) תורה :He would then instruct them .(מ“Until I return, teach one another the תורה and the שנה you have מlearned.” Why did ייא ?have to start from the planting of the flax ר׳ חSince every person is a קדש מעט קדש a miniature ,מ ייא ,מ s actions’ר׳ חshowed that Jewish education must also start with the highest level of .קדשה

Based is part on: Peninim on the Torah 13 (with kind permission from Rabbi Scheinbaum)

"ל צ אי ז מ ר׳ משולם זושא born in Nuremberg, Germany, to ,ר׳ שand סיל צירל learned in the Wurzburg Seminary and ,הי"ד Zahn פbecame very close to משון רפאל Weiss. In 1939, he escaped ר׳ ש

to England, where he joined ת ת אמ למיד מבהק and was a ישיבה תור ר׳ of תה "ל Schneider מש צ R' Dessler invited him to join the ,בחור While yet a .זGateshead Kollel. In 1945, R' Zahn married שרה, the daughter of ר׳ אברהםיים Bergmann. In 1946, at the request of R' Dessler and R' Shakowitzky, he חbecame a גיד שעור of רב and eventually the ,ראש ישיבה then beloved ,מSunderland in 1981. He wrote חשבה) וגם לשמונה אי and (מ מ In .(הלכה) בית שthe early 1990s he became נשיא of ת ישראל and was the voice of (UK) אגדAnglo Jewry.

ט׳ אדר5681 - 5761 1920 - 2001

When R' Shammai Zahn זצ"ל visited R' Yisroel Yaakov Kanievsky זצ"ל, the Steipler Gaon stood up. R’ Zahn was taken aback by the gesture of בוד ,כbut in his typical self-effacing manner exclaimed, “Surely the י is standing רבup for my white beard!” The Steipler Gaon replied with a smile, “Nein! Nein! There are many white beards that come to visit רק ני ב ”!that I do not stand up for ב

מא: ת עניני דיוו הלכוונים מקרא ת ש הלכוו

וום ר�ו ואחד תו

One More HelloLiving Torahwith the

Halacha Corner *Since we only discuss 1-3 הלכות, it is important to consider these הלכות in the context of the bigger picture. Use them as a starting point for further in-depth study.

נו לבו … ב ר יד ל איש אש מות כה:ב(… מאת כ )ש … From every man whose heart motivates him … The שיאים thought that they would fill any shortfall in the נcollections for the building of the ן כ but they had totally ,משunderestimated the generosity and kindheartedness of some of the ordinary people.

∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ One evening in 1975, the staff of Camp Kol Rina met to explore some innovations in their summer program. A staff member had been a ריך ה in the מד boys’ camp in England. “We have a אגודspecial day every summer called קדוש השם Day,” he said. “Every bunk tries to make a קדוש השם — each boy on his own level.” The staff liked the idea, and they implemented it. That summer, R' Hillel David א" to staff שעורים gave שליטmembers. R' Lipa Geldwerth א" בײם was one of the שליט Upon .רhearing the idea of קדוש השם Day, R' David said to R' Geldwerth, “There is a shul here that I often drive by. It’s always locked with rusty chains and looks as if it hasn’t been used in years. I think it would be a beautiful thing if there could be a ן י .in that shul one more time מנPerhaps we could clean it up, or even make some repairs, and daven there. It would be a קדוש השם.” R' Geldwerth agreed that it was a fine idea and enlisted the oldest bunk to carry it out. R' Geldwerth located the man who had the shul’s keys. On the appointed morning, R' David, R' Geldwerth, the boys of the oldest bunk, and a few older men from the area all came to the shul. One man wore a homemade cardboard yarmulke, another was wearing only his ל יד פילין ש while a third sat bewildered staring blankly at an ,תold סדור. However, Izzy Brooks, who had his own סדור, wore his טלית and פילין as though he put them on daily and was totally familiar תwith the davening. R' Geldwerth asked him to serve as ה פל Izzy .בעל תreadily accepted. After שחרית, R' Geldwerth approached Izzy, complimenting him on his davening. Izzy told him that he had not missed a Monday or Thursday ן י ה when they read from the ,מנ ,תורsince the First World War!

“But isn’t the shul closed?” asked R' Geldwerth. “Ever since our shul closed,” Izzy said, “I drive twice a week to the shul in Liberty in my truck.” “But this shul seems so clean … ” said R' Geldwerth. “And what about the Ezras Torah calendar on the back wall? I see it’s turned to the right page for this month. Who does that? What is the story of this shul?” Izzy sighed. “In 1907 my father came with our family from the town of Suvalk (Lithuania) to America. In those days, there were more than 30 farms owned by Jews in the area and there was a ין מנthree times a day, as everyone took turns davening on different farms on a rotating basis. After a while, my father said that it’s not right that we don’t have a regular shul to daven in. He was a carpenter, so one day, he and I began building this shul. We finished in 1912. “We had a ן י here every single day, throughout WWI, the מנDepression, until WWII. During the war, many of the young boys were drafted into the army and it got harder to have a ן י ,Afterwards .מנmany boys didn’t make it back, and some who did were no longer religious and didn’t care to come to shul. So we struggled with the daily ן י ין Then we could have a .מנ ת only on מנ The last time we .שבhad a ין on Shabbos was in 1955. Since then, the shul is open only מנtwice a year — on יום כפור, and on פורים — for the party.” Izzy was embarrassed to reveal that the shul he loved was not even open on נה .ראש הש “But the shul is so clean! … And what about the calendar?” Izzy felt self-conscious. “You see,” he began slowly, “I am the only one with the keys. Every ש ב ראש חוד ר I come here and wipe עoff all the dust from the tables, chairs and ש רון קוד Then, before I .אleave, I turn the page on the calendar to the right month. I do it because this is the place where G-d lives. You see, the ם ל עול רבונו שstill has His soldiers.” Izzy Brooks lacked ה שיב training. Yet, his dignified care and יconcern for הקב״ה’s dwelling place in this world is a lesson for us all.

Adapted from: Refections of the Maggid (with kind permission from ArtScroll)

Dear Talmid, R' Shammai Zahn, זצ״ל, was a און not גjust in his learning but in his מסירת נפש for his Beginning in 1951, he would to .תלמידיםjourney to Morocco in order to bring תלמידים to the yeshiva. He dedicated himself to these רים and arranged their תלמידים summer ,פסח סדcamps, wardrobes and even their weekly pocket money. R' Zahn was once collecting for the ה ,in a nearby town, West-Hartlepool ישיבEngland. He finished his door-to-door collection late at night. He had no car, the last train returning to Sunderland had left earlier in the day and all the hotels were closed for the night.

He somehow found his way to the local police station and explained his predicament to the desk sergeant. He then requested permission to sleep in one of the cells. Respectful of the smiling Rabbi, the British policeman allowed R’ Zahn to spend the night in a prison cell. On another occasion, R’ Zahn was returning from collecting for the ה in ישיבScandinavia. The seas were rough, and due to heavy storms, the return trip was very slow and rocky. His boat finally arrived on Friday not long after ת had begun. He remained standing on שבthe deck of the boat, unable to remove his luggage. A local priest passed by and asked why he did not disembark. R’ Zahn then explained the כות ת of הל that were pertinent regarding שבת ,מקצה אה ,תחום שב אכות הוצ and said that מל

he would stay on the boat unless a gentile could assist him. The priest got the message. Together they walked through the streets with the priest leading the way. He carried the ב s’רluggage, טלית and תפלין and checked him in at a local hotel. My תלמיד, R’ Zahn’s beautiful heart and pure מסירת נפש was able to create a קדוש and win over the heart of anyone he met. He ד׳lived the ה מדות טובות he learned and his תורwere his hallmark. Is it any wonder that he was to produce some of the greatest and most זוכהfamous ה ?from England מרביצי תור

רוך! יהי זכרו ב רבי Your ,בידידות

A letter from a Rebbi based on interviews

The רגום .תורה is read to understand the meaning of the תTherefore, it is important to understand difficult words when being עביר סדרה .מ

The של"ה explains that the main purpose of ים מקרא ואחד שנרגום רי"ג מצות is to count and learn about any of the ת within תthe סדרה. Even a סדרה without any מצות must be read as it is still part of this מצוה and is considered a חלק of the counting.

לע״נ ר׳ משה בן הר׳ טוביה הלוי זצ״ל

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A certain newly appointed Rosh Yeshiva once came to the Bais Yisroel’s tisch on Friday night. He was honored by having his name called out, and seemed appreciative. Afterwards, the Rebbe, R’ Yisroel Alter; his Gabbai (attendant and assistant), R’ Binke, and his Shaliach (who was sent on missions for the

Rebbe), R’ Kleinlehrer, went home.

R’ Kleinlehrer came back to the Rebbe and found him with a broad smile on his face.

R’ Kleinlehrer followed the Rebbe’s instructions and knocked on the Rosh Yeshiva’s front door.

ב’ אדר 1977 - 1894 5737 - 5655

was born ,ר׳ אברהם מרדכי (אמרי אמת) וחיה ראדע יהודית third son of ,ר׳ ישראל אלתר זצ״לin Gora Kalwaria, Poland. Until the age of ten, he learned under his grandfather, At his .עלוי and was already recognized as an ,(שפת אמת the) ר׳ יהודה אריה לײב זצ״ל ,They married in 1910. In 1940 .חיה שרה ,he became engaged to his cousin ,בר מצוהthe אמרי אמת escaped to ארץ ישראל along with his sons, ר׳ ישראל ,(בית ישראל) s wife and children’ר׳ ישראל .(פני מנחם) ר׳ פינחס מנחם and (לב שמחה) ר׳ שמחה בוניםperished while trying to escape, הי״ד. He remarried in 1948 to פערל Weinfeld. After his father’s פטירה, he assumed the mantle of leadership. For the next 29 years, with his unusual caring, brilliance and פשטות, he was זוכה to rebuild Gerrer חסידות

and was a major force in the מועצת גדולי התורה of אגודת ישראל.

Oy! Is everything all

right? How can I assist the Rebbe’s

shaliach?

The Rebbe sent me to clarify that the Gabbai’s

calling out names without titles is a Gerrer minhag. The Rebbe realized that this may seem offensive to a Rosh Yeshiva,

and apologizes.

Oh, thank you! I am so pleased and impressed with the Rebbe’s sensitivity.

Reb Leizer Moishe was recently appointed Rosh

Yeshiva. When you announced his name, you said, ‘Leizer Moishe,’ like everyone else! True, that’s the

custom among chassidim, but he might have felt bad. We need to

fix it…

Go to his house and tell him that you heard me express my

distress to the gabbai over the fact that he hadn’t

announced his name with proper respect. Tell him

that I apologize!

Rebbe, it is quite late… perhaps the Rosh Yeshiva has

already gone to bed?

No, I’m sure he hasn’t gone to sleep yet. Go, and

then report back to me.

Shoin, now he’s sleeping well! Oy, how easy this was to rectify!... It is

forbidden to hurt people’s feelings.

Nu, was he sleeping already?

Rebbe was right. He was awake and was very pleased

to hear the Rebbe’s explanation.

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